Coronary Calcium and Coronary Artery Disease: An Indian Perspective

Indian Heart Journal

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 344-348

  Shrivastava, Sameer ^a   Agrawal, Vinayak ^a,b   Kasliwal, Ravi R ^a   Jangid, Dhanraj R ^a   Sen, Ashok ^a   Verma, Atul ^a   Trehan, Naresh ^a  

^a ESCORTS HEART INSTITUTE AND RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

^b NONE   (India)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Coronary artery disease; Coronary calcium score

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EPICARDIUM; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INDIAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; SCORING SYSTEM;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; CALCIUM; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COMORBIDITY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SMOKING;

EID: 0345708311     PISSN: 00194832     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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